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...In any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the unit owners association by statute or otherwise, the unit owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. In any action of that nature, service of summons or other process may be made upon the unit owners association by serving the process personally upon the president or other design...

...ised Code, the common expenses shall be charged to the unit owners according to the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to their respective units.

...rovided in the declaration or bylaws, each unit owner may exercise that percentage of the total voting power of all unit owners on any question for which the vote of unit owners is permitted or required that is equivalent to the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the owner's unit. (B) Fiduciaries who are owners of record of a unit or units may vote their respective interests as unit owners...

...wners association by that individual's failure to comply with any lawful provision of the condominium instruments. (B) Any interested person, including a unit owners association, may commence an action for a declaratory judgment to determine that person's legal relations under the condominium instruments or to obtain an injunction against a declarant, developer, agent, unit owner, or person entitled to occupy a un...

...es not legally require a prospective purchaser to purchase a condominium ownership interest and under which the prospective purchaser may relinquish all rights and receive a full refund of all deposits, without penalty, at any time prior to entering into a contract to purchase a condominium ownership interest.

...rned to or otherwise credited to the purchaser, or forfeited to the developer. If a deposit or down payment of more than two thousand dollars is held for more than ninety days and is not withdrawn pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, interest at a rate equal to the prevailing rate payable by federally insured financial institutions in the county of the condominium property on daily interest accounts for an...

... structural elements and mechanical and supporting systems, together with the developer's estimate of repair and replacement costs projected for five years from the date the property is submitted to the provisions of this chapter. The report shall be based on facts reasonably ascertainable by the developer through inspection of relevant drawings and records and, to the extent permitted by the physical limits of the s...

...evised Code shall be voidable by the purchaser until the later of fifteen days after the contract is entered into for sale of the condominium ownership interest or fifteen days after the purchaser executes a document evidencing receipt of the information required by section 5311.26 of the Revised Code, except that in no case is the contract or agreement voidable after the title to the condominium ownership intere...

...benefit of the owners; (3) That owners support by membership or fees, property or facilities for all owners to use. A condominium property as defined in section 5311.01 of the Revised Code is not a "planned community."

...munity in this state is subject to this chapter. No person shall establish a planned community unless that person files and records a declaration and bylaws for that planned community in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the planned community is located. (B) Any declaration for a planned community shall be accompanied by bylaws that provide for the operation of the planned community. Ex...

...directors may carry out any action this chapter requires or allows an owners association to take, subject to any vote required of the owners. (B) A declarant shall establish an owners association not later than the date upon which the first lot in the planned community is conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value. The owners association shall be organized as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to Chapter 1702. of th...

...ation unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the declaration, or bylaws. The board may appoint persons to fill vacancies in its membership for the unexpired portion of any term. (C) Except during a period of declarant control, the board shall call a meeting of the owners association at least once each year. Special meetings may be called by the president, a majority of the board, owners representing fifty p...

...ancy or use of property subject to this chapter on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or familial status, requires only a majority vote of the board of directors of the owners association.

...vidual with authority or access to sign checks, conduct electronic transfers, or otherwise withdraw funds from any association account or deposit, including the following: (i) A management company's principals and employees; (ii) A bookkeeper; (iii) The president, secretary, treasurer, any other board member, or employee of the owners association. (b) All of the following apply to the insurance coverage requi...

... copying, the times and locations at which those documents may be examined or copied, and the specification of a reasonable fee for copying the documents. (B) Unless approved by the board of directors, an owner may not examine or copy any books, records, or minutes that meet either of the following conditions: (1) Date back more than five years prior to the date of the request; (2) Contain any of the following...

...lacement of the common elements, and each owner is responsible for maintenance, repair, and replacement of the owner's lot and improvements to that lot, including the dwelling unit and the utility lines serving that dwelling unit. (B) An owner shall permit agents or employees of the owners association and other owners access through the owner's lot and dwelling unit for the purpose of fulfilling the associatio...

...eclaration specifically provides for such a conveyance or seventy-five per cent of the voting power of the owners association, or any larger percentage the declaration specifies, approves the conveyance. (2) The owners association may not convey any fee interest in a limited common element or subject a limited common element to a security interest without the approval of all of the owners of the lots to which...

... (2) The common expense liability of each lot shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation set forth in the declaration. If the declaration does not establish any allocation, the common expense liability shall be allocated equally among all the lots. (3) The board of directors shall assess the common expense liability for each lot at least annually, based on a budget the board adopts at least annually...

...ce this division requires. If the owner fails to make a timely request for a hearing, the right to that hearing is waived, and the board immediately may impose a charge for damages or an enforcement assessment pursuant to this section. (2) If an owner requests a hearing, at least seven days prior to the hearing the board shall provide the owner with a written notice that includes the date, time, and location of the...

...t for the payment of any assessment or charge levied in accordance with section 5312.11 of the Revised Code, as well as any related interest, administrative late fees, enforcement assessments, collection costs, attorney's fees, and paralegal fees, that are chargeable against the lot and that remain unpaid ten days after any portion has become due and payable. (B) All of the following apply to a lien charged a...

...t forth in any recorded document to which they are subject, and with the bylaws and the rules of the owners association, as lawfully amended. Any violation is grounds for the owners association or any owner to commence a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or both, and an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees in both types of action.

...In any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the owners association by statute or otherwise, the owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. Service of summons or other process may be made upon the owners association by serving the process personally upon the president of the board of directors or the person named as statutory...

...lanned communities in this state and to supplement any planned community governing document that is in existence on the effective date of this chapter. In the event of a specific conflict between this chapter and express requirements or restrictions in such a governing document, the governing document shall control. This chapter shall control if any governing document is silent with respect to any provision of this c...

...insure, maintain, repair, and replace such devices. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, an owners association may establish reasonable restrictions concerning the size, place, and manner of placement of solar energy collection devices. (C) Prior to imposing a charge for damages or an enforcement assessment pursuant to this section, the board of directors shall give the owner a written notice, which ...

...As used in Chapter 5313. of the Revised Code: (A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the vendee agrees to pay the purchase price in installme...